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Fourputt Incredible Member

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This  is something that I did for years, then for some reason I got away from it.  Starting again this season I began hovering the driver and I immediately started hitting longer, more consistent, and more accurate drives.  Then yesterday I get the weekly email from Colorado Avid Golfer and they had included this video, which confirms my findings:

Just wondering if anyone else does this, or has tried it without the positive results that I have found.

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SavvySwede Great Member

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I think it can cause some people to be handsy. One of those things that effects people differently.

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dchoye Great Member

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I hover with my driver, don't like to hover with my 5w/3w for some reason.

I find when I hover I tend to brace the left side of my neck better when I drive through the ball.


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I've always hovered the driver, no idea how or why I started.  From time to time I get comments about it but it's just a normal set-up for me.

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jamo Incredible Member

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I've never done it. it just doesn't feel comfortable to me.

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I don't tee my driver up too high so hovering wouldn't be good.  

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14 minutes ago, jamo said:

I've never done it. it just doesn't feel comfortable to me.

It's funny, because it feels odd to me too, yet I hit the driver better that way.  I also hit some of my best iron shots from fairway bunkers when I can't ground the club, yet I can't talk myself into hovering my irons when I'm in the fairway. :hmm:

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Ernest Jones Incredible Member

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I hover my driver. Just seems like it's easier to stay on plane. When I don't hover it, It feels like I have to pick up the clubhead to start the swing. 

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I hover Driver. I hover everything. I think it can engage more of larger muscles especially upper torso at takeaway. Good thing I think. 

Only time it works against is if you freeze over the ball for more than a few seconds. Then it is worse than if you ground before you take away since you develop more tension in grip and forearms. Small waggle suggested. Anyway my personal experience.  

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Mr. Desmond Super Member

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My assumption is that a waggle is not hovering -  it is a waggle, although the club is in the air.

I assume hovering is picking it up, leaving the club at one location in the air, taking a look at some target, and letting it go. My instructor doesn't like it - tension - so I am trying to stop from doing it, or discover if a waggle works to reduce tension but not foul up my tempo/swing.

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1 hour ago, Gunther said:

I've always hovered the driver, no idea how or why I started.  From time to time I get comments about it but it's just a normal set-up for me.

Same here, except not always.  It's completely natural to me at this point, and resting it on the ground would be super awkward, but i have no idea when I started trying it and when it became comfortable.

No comments, though ... I've not paid attention but I thought this was more common than not at this point.  Now I gotta start paying attention. :)

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45 minutes ago, Fourputt said:

It's funny, because it feels odd to me too, yet I hit the driver better that way.  I also hit some of my best iron shots from fairway bunkers when I can't ground the club, yet I can't talk myself into hovering my irons when I'm in the fairway. :hmm:

Interesting. I've never been that great out of fairway bunkers, so maybe that's the deciding factor right there.

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34 minutes ago, Mr. Desmond said:

My assumption is that a waggle is not hovering -  it is a waggle, although the club is in the air.

I assume hovering is picking it up, leaving the club at one location in the air, taking a look at some target, and letting it go. My instructor doesn't like it - tension - so I am trying to stop from doing it, or discover if a waggle works to reduce tension but not foul up my tempo/swing.

Tough game, this golf...

The last thing I do before starting the swing is set the driver behind the ball.  I don't look at any target except my spot a couple of feet in front of the ball after I set my feet.  I waggle, hover, then swing.

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Dave325 Great Member

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Something that Erik pointed out to me during a lesson... when you hover the driver at the sweet spot and let it fall to the ground, you'll notice that the driver is lined up more to the toe (I hope I got that right). So, I did this and never did the hover thing. Just recently, I started to hover and felt like I was more prepared to move smoothly into the backswing. However, I am currently working on the mechanics of the swing.

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Mike Boatright Great Member

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You should hover as long as it's static for a split second before the takeaway. With the head on the ground you tend to pick it up a bit and can be hitchy.


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